天羅地網

天羅地網

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	net; network
trad. (天羅地網)		天	羅	地	網
simp. (天罗地网)		天	罗	地	网
Literally: “nets above and snares below”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānluódìwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): thian-lô-tē-bóng / thian-lô-tōe-bóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānluódìwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianluodihwoang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianluódìwǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ lwɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
    • Yale: tīn lòh deih móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ lo⁴ déi⁶ mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ tei̯²² mɔːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-lô-tē-bóng / thian-lô-tōe-bóng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-lô-tē-bóng / thian-lô-tuē-bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienloi'dexborng, tienloi'doexborng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² tue²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ lo²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰiɛn³³ lo²⁴⁻²² tue⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² tue²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁴¹/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ tue³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

天羅地網

1. (figuratively) far-flung network; inescapable net (Classifier: 張／张 m)